Machine That "Uncooks Eggs" Used To Improve Cancer Treatment

hypnosec writes: An Australian invention that gained attention for being able to "unboil" an egg has now been put to use in the treatment of cancer. The device has boosted the potency of a common cancer treatment drug, carboplatino, as much as four-and-a-half-times. ABC.net reports: "Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer director Professor Ross McKinnon said it meant a huge advance for cancer treatment. 'It gives us the promise of offering an alternative where we have more drug being delivered to the tumour and less drug being delivered to the rest of the body,' he said. 'That means less side-effects for the patient and hopefully a much better effect in terms of tumour response. What this group are doing is an example of one drug but we would hope we could extend this to many drugs.' The device can process proteins more efficiently than current methods, with possible big ramifications for the pharmaceuticals industry.

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BY "as much as four-and-a-half times"...

[Anonymous Coward]

Fucking American idiots. Without the word "by", it means it has boosted the effect FOUR AND A HALF TIMES, not BY four and a half times. And why the fucking hyphens? You Americans are so stupid it's beyond belief.